Wondering what to prune in early spring? Experts explain which plants benefit from pruning now and which ones to leave alone.

Determining what time of year to prune your ornamental deciduous shrubs can be tricky and confusing, but we hope to clear up ...

Pruning removes older, less productive canes, making space for new growth.

The dormant season is the best time of year to do this work, as healthy plants will respond with lots of new growth.

No secateurs are needed to keep these plants looking their best ...

This hardy perennial rewards a bold gardener — be brave with the hard spring prune, and it'll pay you back with blooms all summer and fall.

Late winter is not too early to start pruning most evergreens in the South, but you will regret pruning spring bloomers. Here's when and how to prune.

Are you one of the many gardeners who worry about pruning a plant and causing damage? Don’t be. Pruning can be easy if you know a little bit about what you are doing.

Make plans now to prune spring-flowering shrubs, such as forsythia, lilac, viburnum and flowering quince, after they finish blooming. “We don’t prune these shrubs in winter because we’d be cutting off ...

Each method of cutting plants serves a specific purpose.